Israel went all out to deny that the explosion could have been their fault. They accused Hamas of planting the explosive devices in the sand to prevent Israeli forces from coming onto the beach. But alas, as they say in The National Football League: “Upon further review we have found that in fact this was an Israeli tank shell.”

What needs to happen is what Human Rights Watch, The Palestinians and even Kofi Annan have called for is an independent investigation of the incident.

Israel cannot afford to keep doing these so-called “Internal investigations.” If Israel is so confident of the “Purity of Arms” of it’s army then nothing should come of the external investigation.

It is imperative that the World put the same amount of pressure if not more upon Israel (as the occupying power), as they do with the Palestinians to try and find a way that both parties can co-exist with each other.

No one wants to relive the horrors of what little Huda went through on the beach Friday of screaming “Ya Baba! Ya Baba!” No one wants to see another suicide bombing and the screaming mass of innocent Israeli bystanders lying strewn on the ground.